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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1880
Page
4
A New York physician argues that intense gymnastic exercise harms health, warns against daily bathing as a self-inflicted danger, and urges simple hygiene. She favors light calisthenics over strenuous routines and promotes infrequent bathing with regular air exposure and brushing.
A speaker shares seven simple health rules learned over years. Seek sunlight, breathe fresh air, keep temperate, keep feet warm and head cool, eat white bread when brown is unavailable, retry the rules after saltwater rubs, and look on the bright side rather than rely on medicine.
A western healer claims a hen stamp system can prevent selling old eggs as fresh. A rubber date stamp mounts in the nest with indelible ink, activated by the hen’s foot to imprint the date on each egg. The mechanism rotates daily, preventing deceit and letting buyers verify freshness by date.
The article outlines practical saving tips for households through market shopping, buying wholesale where possible, proper cooking to avoid waste, careful meal planning, using leftovers, and limiting tea or coffee costs. It emphasizes that economy is about smart daily habits, not parsimony, and suggests trying these rules for a year to gauge results.
European and American experiments yield a superior ice process. In New Orleans Louisiana Ice Works uses ammonia cooling and ether-based freezing to create ice in zinc moulds, with salt brine and a vacuumed ether refrigerator driving rapid freezing at low temperatures.
A Cannes tribute notes the Czarina's death and records her $2,500,000 expenditure during her stay in the city, highlighting the lavish spending and ceremonial losses.
The article extols Hostetter's Bitters as protective against fever and ague by boosting stamina and liver and stomach function. It claims the medicine erases obstinate malarial complaints and highlights its proven effectiveness in the United States, South America, Mexico, and overseas, maintaining its high reputation amid tonic competition.
The article argues that chalk in milk is improbable and wrong, noting that water is the chief adulterant and cream removal is the real harm. London authorities and researchers cited say chalk and starch rarely appear, while milk quality suffers mainly from added water and reduced cream.
The article argues that enhancements making cattle better for meat reduce milk production. Improved breeds gain fat and flesh but lose vigor and milk-yielding capacity, creating a natural link where strong milking abilities do not accompany best fattening traits.
The floor is level with a gentle slope to the center and crosswise planks forming a narrow central drainage opening. A metal gutter conducts urine to a hogshead or manure pit, keeping bedding dry. This setup keeps the stall cooler and cleaner, allowing the horse to lie with back up the grade and reducing ammonia.
The worker bee spends three and a half days in the egg then hatches as a larva for about five days. The larva is sealed in a cocoon and becomes a pupa then a imago after 21 days. Drone eggs and larva take longer, and the queen spends three days in the egg five in the larva stage before emerging as a queen on day sixteen.
Geese and ducks provide profitable poultry on cheap grazing. A half dozen geese can fill a feather bed, and white ducks work similarly. They begin laying soon but need night-time protection. collect eggs and store cool but not cold until needed for setting.
The article argues that beef cattle gain more when fed well in early life, up to four months, then shifted to good pasture for three or four months. It asserts that early nutrition boosts later performance and that rapid early growth leads to higher overall gains than continuing rich feed without a pause.
LimkE has been used for apple orchards with great benefit at the rate of twenty bushels per acre. A long time user deems it very beneficial as his trees have been very productive.
The text advises to keep leather in light, not sealed in dark closets. It recommends oiling harness three to four times a year after washing with soap and water.
An 1879 testimonial from Hamborn New York reports Gilt-Edge Butter Maker eliminates churn dissatisfaction. The seller inquires about reputation of the device and notes one case sold (3 dozen boxes) with high satisfaction. John E Pierce of Buffalo supplies the World's Dispensary Medical Association connection.
A glycerine ointment recipe using sweet almond oil spermaceti white wax and glycerine is described for skin softening chapped hands and lips. Instructions cover preparation quantities storage scenting with rose oil and practical tips for use and preservation including warnings about heat and rancidity.
An editorial notes the large sale of Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup and reports many similar remedies entering the market. Yet consumers prefer the trusted old remedy and hesitate to try the new product.
Describes acid bath steps for magenta dyeing of straw, subsequent washing and drying, and notes on using blue stone for a tint. Includes maroon with logwood, coffee and chocolate stain removal with egg yolk mix, and blue linings for hats using ultramarine blue with starch and tallow in a rolling process.
An advertisement touts carboline as a clear, pleasant smelling petroleum extract. It claims to be a perfect toilet preparation that will not soil linen and even makes hair grow on bald heads.
The danger of inhaling turpentine vapors from freshly painted rooms is documented with cases of health effects and even death. The theory behind the risk is debated, but authorities note the hazard exists before complete desiccation, with a Paris death cited to show lead is not the culprit.
To make noodles for soup start with flour on a board then add a beaten egg in a central hole. Knead roll thin then dry cut into narrow strips. Place on a dish to dry then boil water before adding to rich strained meat soup.
Combine a quarter pound grated ham or tongue with two ounces mashed potatoes. Melt butter, mix in mince, season with pepper stock herbs and parsley. Stir until hot, off heat add two egg yolks, cool, shape into croquettes, coat with egg and bread crumbs, fry in hot lard.
For Coracus, Asthma and Throat Disorders, use Brown's Bronchial Troches having proved their efficiency by a test of many years. Imitations are offered for sale, many of which are injurious. The genuine Brown's Bronchial Troches are sold only in boxes.
A recipe describes stuffing ducks with mashed potatoes and finely chopped onions seasoned with salt pepper and thyme. Butter the ducks, dust with flour and roast, then finish gravy with chopped giblets added to the pan and tasted during roasting.
A Yankee woman wed a Chinese laundryman and three days later he went to a barber to have his pig-tail cut off, claiming too much Yankee influence.
Tom and Ben discuss worn footwear during a brief, reflective dialogue. Ben admits his boots need work and jokes his hat is in just as poor shape, revealing the characters’ economizing mood in a casual afternoon chat.
An old advertisement touts Dr Jayne s Expectorant as a prudent aid to break up chest congestion. It claims to ease sore lungs and throats and to act against coughs with a tonic effect.
Two boys sit on the grass on Ledyard street with five or six others and play cards. A citizen warns them that card playing leads to ruin. One boy retorts with bravado promising to prove the other boy is ruined if he loses, and he bets he will eat a jack of spades and cut his throat if required.
A tale recalls a young inexperienced lawyer defending a murderer whose case weighed capital punishment. After the speech, the judge asked the prisoner to speak further, and Berryer whispered aloud advising the prisoner to cast his lawyer on the mercy of the court.
An advertisement for Vegetine claims its use will prevent many diseases common in spring and summer, urging readers to protect their health through the product.
At dinner the eldest welcomes her lover Ed Harvey who reveals he entered by piling snow on the stoop. A younger sister, astonished, learns how he got in, joking about the sister curbing her hair and nails that afternoon.
Apprecarr hides a blonde's portrait behind his desk when his wife Matilda enters and suspects the likeness. She confronts him and, in a tense moment, pays forty two dollars for a new cloak, the scene unfolding in a dim office glow.
A mother scolds her child after he toys with scissors and nearly harms himself. She asks if he understands that playing with the blades can kill him and recalls that death lasts a lifetime, stressing the risk to her little boy.
A wife comforts Herbert during long hours at the shop and asks about his needs. The stern businessman asks for a bonnet or similar wish, lamenting money is scarce. Susie’s affectionate gesture contrasts with the strain of his labor.
The excerpt notes rapidly advancing soap prices and recommends buying a year's supply of DOBBINs' Electric at the old price as a prudent purchase.
A Glasgow minister, about to begin the second psalm, paused to take snuff from his powdered finger. The congregation allegedly smiled at the first verse he read, which states My soul cleaveth unto the dust, though its meaning remains unclear to listeners.
A distressed Mrs Dunshudder fed a tramp who wore a faded blue army coat. The man claimed he served in the war as a drummer and added he then went to a hardware store in Chicago before continuing on.
An exchange notes alcohol will clean the inside of an inkstand and even more thoroughly and quickly clean out a pocket-book, a remark presented as a witty aside in the record.
A short, odd anecdote recounts a boy who, after being kicked by a mule, chose not to cry or swear. He instead tied the mule near a bee hive and maneuvered it to be kicked repeatedly by the animal, creating a surprising scene with buzzing bystanders.
A historical notice describes using Dr Bull's Baby Syrup to ease fretful crying in infants. It frames crying as pain evidence and advises removing the cause with the remedy.
A brisk exchange centers on grocery pricing as one character balks at twenty five cents a pound for sausages while another notes Schmidt’s lower price of twenty cents. A comic reply explains Schmidt was out, prompting a plan to sell at the same reduced rate.
In a 1920s style quip, observers note that nothing moves as slowly as a woman yielding space on a streetcar, a humorous take on urban transit etiquette during a cold January era.
Railroad workers report relief from indigestion biliousness and dyspepsia after using Simmons Liver Regulator. A conductor from M and W A R credits it with restoring health and ease after meals while an engineer from C R R Savannah Ga calls it the best family medicine and keeps it on his engine.
An old physician in Rochester, retired from practice, claims a vegetable cure for consumption, bronchitis, catarin, asthma and nervous debilities. He will mail the recipe free in German, French, or English with preparation and usage directions to any reader who sends a stamped request to W. W. Suheran, 149 Powers' Block, Rochester, New York.
An exquisit questions a house agent about a suitable home. The agent, eyeing him through eyeglasses, replies with a sharp quip that a flat would be most appropriate. The exchange captures a lighthearted moment in a real estate setting.
An advertisement denounces useless remedies and touts Anakesis as the only infallible treatment for a painful disease. It claims instant relief in severe cases, reports over 20,000 cures, and says doctors endorse it. It offers mail order with a sample gratis and lists Meesra P Neustaedter Co of New York as the manufacturer.
Sherman and Co of Marshall Michigan seeks an agent in the county at once. Salary is 100 dollars per month plus expenses. For full particulars address as above.
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